Renaissance Important Events Flashcards
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Galileo Galilei
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- improved the telescope in 1609
- made discoveries about the planets and moon
- proved that the sun was in the centre of the solar system
2
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Europe discovered the potato
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- Sir Walter Raleigh went to America
- Bought back a potato
- 1589
3
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William Harvey
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- Discovered the heart pumps blood around the body
-1628
4
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Shakespeare
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- Invented 1700 words
- most of his phrases are being used today
- There are many films of his plays
5
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Exploring
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- Sail across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time
- europe found ouut that north/South america existed
6
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Reformation
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1517
-Catholic Monk called Martin Luther started Protentisim
7
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Renaissance Artists
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- Began drawing humans are they truly were
E.g. Mona lisa 1505
8
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Parliament or Monarchy
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- King Charles I – exececuted–1649
- marked the shift from monarchy to parliament
9
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Printing press
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-invented by Gutenberg in 1450
- books were printed in larger numbers
- spread knowledge more quickly
10
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Discovery of sugar
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- new crops came back to sugar
- expensive
11
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Warfare
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-Gunpowder arrived to Europe from China
- Cannons and muskets
-1499
